Business Analyst, Vendor Spend & Performance

Quick Facts

• Role: Business Analyst focusing on Vendor Spend & Performance
• Purpose: Turn vendor spend and supplier-performance data into actionable decision support for governance and leadership

Description

Help translate vendor spend and supplier-performance data into better decisions by partnering with Finance, Procurement, and vendor owners. Maintain consolidated financial views (actuals, forecasts, plans, commitments), investigate material variances and risks, and analyze supplier KPIs/SLAs. Build Power BI dashboards and scorecards that surface trends, exceptions, and recommended actions while ensuring data quality and reporting transparency.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a consolidated view of vendor actuals, forecasts, plans, and commitments; investigate variances and financial risks and support period-end validation and reconciliation
• Coordinate supplier-performance inputs and analyze agreed KPIs, SLAs, quality, and productivity measures; link trends to spend and business outcomes
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and scorecards; partner on reusable metrics and reliable data models
• Provide concise insights for governance and leadership discussions; track follow-up actions with accountable owners and answer analytical questions
• Perform data quality checks; investigate inconsistencies; document sources, definitions, assumptions, and limitations
• Simplify duplicate reporting and identify automation opportunities; use approved Copilot/AI tools responsibly with security and privacy validation

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field AND 4+ years of experience in program management, process management, or process improvement (or equivalent)
• Experience in vendor/supplier-performance or financial/business analytics with the ability to identify trends, anomalies, and underlying drivers
• Strong Excel skills for complex datasets, reconciliation, and trend analysis
• Experience creating dashboards and visualizations with Power BI (or comparable BI tool)
• Ability to communicate actionable insights, collaborate in a distributed organization, and manage competing priorities while maintaining data accuracy
• Experience in vendor management/procurement/outsourcing/supplier governance, including KPI/SLA frameworks and corrective-action tracking
• Advanced Power BI skills (Power Query, DAX, reusable data models, calculated measures)
• Familiarity with approved Copilot and tools such as Power Automate or Microsoft Fabric (or proven automation experience for recurring reporting)